Put-In-Bay’s 19th Annual Wine Festival- This event is located at the Put-in-Bay Winery on Bayview Avenue just west of the Boardwalk Restaurant. The event starts at 11:00 Am on Saturday thru 6:00 PM. Admission is $10.00 per person and includes a souvenir wine glass. Sample tickets are $1.00 each and wine samples run between $2.00 and [...]
This longtime Put-in-Bay tradition The Wake celebrates the passing of another summer season. Join friends and islanders for a fun-filled weekend, one of the last of the season! The Wake's main festivities occur at the Roundhouse Bar and Park Hotel on Saturday night. Guests pay a modest entry fee to go through the "haunted" hotel and [...]
Put-in-Bay Oktoberfest 2023 This family tradition celebrates Put-in-Bay Oktoberfest for the 31st year! Enjoy lots of food, great ice-cold beer, and live entertainment by the ever-popular Polka Band. Great family fun is had by all on Saturday from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM and again on Sunday from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Come to join [...]
Put-in-Bay welcomes you to enjoy Monte Carlo casino-style gambling on this mock New Years evening. The fun takes place in downtown Put-in-Bay on Delaware Avenue from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM on Saturday night, where they close off the street and set up the tables. The boaters at the Put-in-Bay Boat Docks decorate for this fun [...]
The Whiskey Light, over the Round House Bar Entrance is one of the most symbolic treasures of Put-in-Bay. When the Whiskey light is lit, local islanders, visitors, and boaters know that ‘the Roundhouse is officially open’ and the season has officially begun. This tradition dates for several decades and is one of the most anticipated weekends [...]
Tiny Island Prepares For 30000+ Visitors For Bash On The Bay 2021 A tiny Lake Erie Island known as Put-in-Bay will grow from 650 full-time residents to hosting over 30,000 visitors in a Two Day country music festival known as Bash On The Bay 2021. The annual event has grown from a one-day concert to a [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary March 2021 Mon., March 1st - Tom Thanasiu takes one last iceboat ride before packing it up for the season. There’svopen water on the east side of the island, off East Point, looking out to Ballast Island and in front of Lonz Winery on Middle Bass. Tue., March 2nd - Doug Rank, from the [...]
Put-in-Bay News June 2020 Lodging Taxes -With the rise of third-party rental companies such as Airbnb and VRBO, it has been discovered that not all rental owners may be paying the proper lodging and local taxes. Soon, Ottawa Co. Trustees, Lake Erie Shores, and Islands representatives, Village of Put-in-Bay council members, Put-in-Bay Township trustees, and the [...]
Diary May 2020 - All The Local Gossip! Fri., May 1st - The Put-in-Bay Gazette April issue is printed in the morning. You'll notice a new outdoor newspaper rack outside the Island General Store since customers can no longer enter the store. Ted McCann (Put-in-Bay High School Class of 1981) and his wife Betsy enjoy an [...]
Island Diary July 2019 Diary July 2019 Mon., July 1st - Islanders awake to the shocking news that Patrick Myers was found dead at his home on Mitchell Rd. the previous evening. A new modular home that arrived on Catawba before the weekend is ferried to the island now that the water has gone down a [...]
